xiv, 448 p. ; 23 cm

"First published in the U.K. in 2009 by Faber and Faber Limited"--T.P. verso

Includes discography (p. 419-429) and index

What's missing? The state of pop (1985) -- The Redskins, live (1985) -- Zapp, live (1986) -- Younger than yesterday : indie-pop's cult of innocence (1986) -- Nasty boys : rap (1986) -- Beat happening : "Beat happening" (1986) -- Backs to the future : the folk and country resurgence in alternative rock (1986) -- Hip hop and house singles reviews (1987) -- Husker Du : "Warehouse: songs and stories" (1987) -- Mantronix, interview (1987) -- The Smiths : a eulogy (1987) -- Public Enemy, interview (1987) -- LL Cool J, interview (1987) -- Dinosaur Jr, interview (1987) -- The Red Hot Chili Peppers, live (1988) -- Morrissey, interview (1988) -- The Pixies, interview (1988) -- Living Colour, interview (1988) -- Various artists : Sub Pop 200 (1989) -- The Stone Roses, interview (1989) -- The caring colonialists : a critique of 'world music' (1989) --

Positivity : De La Soul, Soul II Soul, Deee-lite and New Age house (1990) -- Rap's reformation : gansta rap versus conscious rap (1990) -- Madchester versus dreampop : Happy Mondays and Ride (1990) -- Manic Street Preachers, interview (1991) -- Pavement, live (1991) -- Nirvana, live (1991) -- N-Joi/K-Klass/Bassheads/M-People, live (1991) -- RRRRRRush! : hardcore rave and London pirate radio (1992) -- Wasted youth : grunge and the return of 'heavy' (1992) -- Welcome to the Jungle? (1993) -- Let the boys be boys : Onyx interview/Gangsta rap is Oi! (1993) -- State of interdependence : Britain, America, and the 'special relationship' in pop music (1993) -- MTV : the revolution will not be televised (1993) -- PJ Harvey, interview (1993) -- It's a Dogg's life : Dr Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog (1993) -- Against the grain : thinking about the voice in pop (1993) -- Pearl Jam vs Nirvana (1993) -- The Beastie Boys, interview (1994) -- Post-rock (1994) -- Swingbeat and the new R&B (1994) -- Ragga (1994) -- The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, live (1995) -- Blur versus Oasis (1995) -- Pulp : "Different class" (1995) -- R&B : the sound of 1997 (1997) -- Roni Size/Reprazent : "New forms" (1997) -- Feminine pressure : 2-step and UK garage (1999) -- King and queen of the beats : Timbaland and Missy Elliott (1999) -- Hate me now : Puff Daddy and the player hater syndrome (1999) -- For the love of money : Lil Wayne, Cash Money and New Orleans rap (1999) -- Street rap (1999) --

We are family : The rise of the rap clan and the hip hop dynasty (2000) -- Roots 'n' future : the disappearing voice of reggae (2000) -- Euro : trance music and the people-pleasing power of 'cheese' (2000) -- Miles Davis : Live-evil/Black beauty/In concert/Dark magus (1997) -- Pure fusion : multiculture versus monoculture (2000) -- Radiohead versus Brit-rock/Thom Yorke, interview (2000/2001) -- 2-step and R&B critiqued (2000) -- Faves of 2000 : dancehall (2000) -- Historia electronica : the case for electronic dance music culture (2001) -- B-boys on E : Hip hop discovers ecstasy (2001) -- So Solid Crew : "They don't know" (2002) -- The Streets : "Original pirate material" (2002) -- Who says the British can't rap? The UK's new wave of MCs confront American hip hop isolationism (2002) -- Rave-punk : the genre soon-to-be-known-as grime emerges (2002) -- Rap videos and the 'one white dude' (2003) -- Dizzee Rascal : "Boy in da corner" (2003) -- Kanye West (2004) -- Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz : "Crunk juice" (2005) -- Mother Nature's sons : Animal Collective and Ariel Pink (2005) -- Against all odds : 2005, grime's make-or-break year (2005) -- 2005 : The year black pop and white pop stopped talking (2006) -- Arctic Monkeys : "Whatever people say I am, that's what I'm not" (2006) -- Green-eyed soul : Hot Chip and Scritti Politti (2006) -- Bonus material. M.I.A. : piracy funds what? ; Notes on the noughties : is M.I.A. artist of the decade? ; The people vs. Vampire Weekend ; Notes on the noughties #2 : when will hip hop hurry up and die?

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